Navy Station in Raigad Brings Online 2 MW Solar Power Plant

• The very first 2 MW solar power plant of the western command of the Indian Navy was ushered in at the IN Karanja Station in Raigad area of Maharashtra.

The first 2 MW solar power plant of the Indian Navy was inaugurated at the IN Karanja Station near Uran in Raigad area of Maharashtra on July 21, 2020, officials stated. Vice Admiral Ajit Kumar, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Naval Command, ushered in the advanced solar plant set up on a sprawling location within the terminal.

Costing around Rs 14 crore, the project is completely indigenous and set up with the help of Indian firms.

With this captive nuclear power plant, the Navy wishes to make significant savings of around Rs 3.65 crore per year in power costs as it will certainly deal with nearly one-third of the Karanja Station's annual power requirements, said officials.

Besides the native photovoltaic panels, tracking tables and also inverters, the plant is likewise grid-connected by a state-of-art single-axis sun-tracking innovation with computerised monitoring and control.

"The project is a considerable action by the Navy towards using solar power and also use renewable resource for meeting the power need of the Naval Station here," claimed the authorities.

In May, the Indian Navy's Eastern Naval Command (ENC) has actually appointed a 2 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) nuclear power plant at INS Kalinga in Visakhapatnam. This solar project was appointed by Vice Admiral Atul Kumar Jain, PVSM, AVSM, VSM, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, ENC on May 28, 2020.

Talking about the solar power plant commissioning, Vice Admiral Atul Kumar Jain claimed that the appointing of this plant shows the dedication of Eastern Naval Command (ENC) in the direction of the conservation of the setting and environmentally friendly actions.

In June last year, the navy had created a roadmap called Indian Navy Environment Conservation Roadmap (INECR). The roadmap pictures 'Reduction in Energy Consumption' as well as 'Diversification of Energy Supply' as the crucial outcome locations. Additionally, this INECR has actually been formulated with specific action strategies covering the entire range of operations, maintenance, administration as well as infrastructure/ area living. It was likewise reported that under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM), solar PV projects of 24 MW consisting of both roof as well as ground-mounted are already under implementation at Indian Navy's numerous coast establishments.